Asset Central provides users with a lifecycle processes from ordering any type of asset in the asset catalog through to disposal.
IT management specialist Landesk announced the release of the latest version of IT Asset Management Suite (ITAM), Asset Central, which integrates with the company’s Service Desk offering to provide access to asset data from the Service Desk platform.Along with this platform alignment, the new release extends the existing hardware and software asset management processes and adds asset discovery mechanisms.Asset Central provides users with a lifecycle processes from ordering any type of asset in the asset catalog through to disposal.The product provides alerting, contract, process and lifecycle management in a single tool, and Asset Central, which is offered on-premise and in the cloud, can help organizations anticipate and schedule hardware and software purchases, updates and maintenance, and optimize usage. "Today, IT organizations are feeling pressure from their internal customers, the business, and from users that are accustomed to consumer technologies. As a result, they have a growing base of mobile and IoT devices accessing the corporate network daily, in addition to corporate users purchasing cloud based applications," Patricia Adam, ITAM evangelist at Landesk, told eWEEK. Adam explained this is all compounded with an unprecedented rate of technology change that is making Moore’s law obsolete."When we throw in software vendors that are constantly changing their software licensing models to maximize revenue, IT asset management is the only way for an organization to put some control back into IT’s hands," she said.Along with the changes to Asset Central, the company is also introducing Asset Intelligence, which includes capabilities formerly found in Landesk Data Analytics, Software License Manager and Inventory Manager.Asset Intelligence also gives IT departments access to data from Landesk discovery tools or external sources, providing a view of assets for provisioning and security monitoring purposes.Additionally, B2B connectors allow organizations to aggregate contract, warranty and procurement data from vendors."When designing the IT Asset Management Suite, user experience was, and continues to be, one of our foundational principles. In order to compete in the market, Landesk understands the need for a user-centered platform that is highly accessible, easy to use, and delivers functionality businesses require," Adam said. "There is no reason why IT applications should be left out when it comes to great user experience and design."She explained users in the IT asset management industry tend to come from a mixture of backgrounds, whether technical, business, or financial savvy, which presents the need for a friendly, intuitive application to address the needs of users across the business.
- eWeek